Re: New TBM Restoration - The Engine has been hung!
Sat Apr 21, 2012 8:30 pm
Hi Saxman,
Pictures look great. Would it be ok for us to reprint these pics for our unit newsletter?
We try to give the membership of the National Capitol Squadron updates as often as
possible. Since I have not been up to visit for a while, these would help greatly!
Thanks for visiting!
Pictures look great. Would it be ok for us to reprint these pics for our unit newsletter?
We try to give the membership of the National Capitol Squadron updates as often as
possible. Since I have not been up to visit for a while, these would help greatly!
Thanks for visiting!
Re: New TBM Restoration - The Engine has been hung!
Sat Apr 21, 2012 8:36 pm
I really miss spending my Fridays there cleaning, removing panels and bead blasting parts. Looking good guys, I really hope I can stop by when I have a chance.
Re: New TBM Restoration - The Engine has been hung!
Sat Apr 21, 2012 8:44 pm
Hi PBY,
They working you to death yet?
They working you to death yet?
Re: New TBM Restoration - The Engine has been hung!
Sat Apr 21, 2012 8:48 pm
johnrfuentes wrote:Hi Saxman,
Pictures look great. Would it be ok for us to reprint these pics for our unit newsletter?
We try to give the membership of the National Capitol Squadron updates as often as
possible. Since I have not been up to visit for a while, these would help greatly!
Thanks for visiting!
Absolutely! If you PM me with your e-mail address, I will send the original higher-resolution images to you.
It was my please to visit and pitch in. I'm planning on doing it again soon!
Re: New TBM Restoration - The Engine has been hung!
Sat Apr 21, 2012 10:05 pm
johnrfuentes wrote:Hi PBY,
They working you to death yet?
Yeah, first 2 months I flew 220 hours. This month seems like I'll be 100 at the end. Studying for the ATP written so I can upgrade, or go to the Saab 340 in the next few months.
Re: New TBM Restoration - The Engine has been hung!
Sat Apr 21, 2012 10:17 pm
Wow!!!! You have been looking at a lot of air!
Welcome to the fray!
Welcome to the fray!
Re: New TBM Restoration - The Engine has been hung!
Sun May 06, 2012 7:59 pm
Frontal View
Time to paint those wings!
Compass Install
Re: New TBM Restoration - The Engine has been hung!
Mon May 07, 2012 7:25 am
shes looking good!
Re: New TBM Restoration - The Engine has been hung!
Sat May 26, 2012 9:29 pm
I visited on May 25th...here the latest:
The compass is now installed in the cockpit:
DSC_0024 by onyxsax, on Flickr
The engine compartment is coming along:
DSC_0041 by onyxsax, on Flickr
My task for the day was to mask the inside of the wing:
DSC_0048 by onyxsax, on Flickr
I brought a friend of mine along. He is an RC modeler / flyer, so the masking for him was no sweat. You can get an idea how high up he was and how big the TBM's wing is!
DSC_0057 by onyxsax, on Flickr
The compass is now installed in the cockpit:
DSC_0024 by onyxsax, on Flickr
The engine compartment is coming along:
DSC_0041 by onyxsax, on Flickr
My task for the day was to mask the inside of the wing:
DSC_0048 by onyxsax, on Flickr
I brought a friend of mine along. He is an RC modeler / flyer, so the masking for him was no sweat. You can get an idea how high up he was and how big the TBM's wing is!
DSC_0057 by onyxsax, on Flickr
Re: New TBM Restoration - The Engine has been hung!
Sat May 26, 2012 9:32 pm
Re: New TBM Restoration - The Engine has been hung!
Sat May 26, 2012 9:36 pm
More of the cockpit instruments:
DSC_0086 by onyxsax, on Flickr
I forgot to ask about it when I took this photo, but can someone explain the purpose of this hole and the wire across it? This is in the radio comparment.
DSC_0104 by onyxsax, on Flickr
The TBM in the shop. That's billb24 with his head inside the engine compartment!
DSC_0108 by onyxsax, on Flickr
Wide shot of Jack's hangar:
DSC_0112 by onyxsax, on Flickr
DSC_0086 by onyxsax, on Flickr
I forgot to ask about it when I took this photo, but can someone explain the purpose of this hole and the wire across it? This is in the radio comparment.
DSC_0104 by onyxsax, on Flickr
The TBM in the shop. That's billb24 with his head inside the engine compartment!
DSC_0108 by onyxsax, on Flickr
Wide shot of Jack's hangar:
DSC_0112 by onyxsax, on Flickr
Re: New TBM Restoration - The Engine has been hung!
Sat May 26, 2012 9:43 pm
The "hole with a wire across it" is the female receptacle, I guess you'd call it, for a Dzus fastener.
Re: New TBM Restoration - The Engine has been hung!
Sun May 27, 2012 10:33 am
Stephan Wilkinson wrote:The "hole with a wire across it" is the female receptacle, I guess you'd call it, for a Dzus fastener.
DZUS (pronounced Zoos) is a quarter turn quick attach fastener. The wire is actually a spring that the fastener grabs and latches in place. The panel is attached from below in this photo.
Re: New TBM Restoration - The Engine has been hung!
Fri Jun 01, 2012 4:20 pm
Great pictures Saxman! Hopefully we can get some more from others.
It really helps to show the gang that is 3 hours away the progress being made.
Thanks Again!
It really helps to show the gang that is 3 hours away the progress being made.
Thanks Again!
Re: New TBM Restoration - The Engine has been hung!
Fri Jun 01, 2012 6:02 pm
No problem!...let me know if you want me to send you the originals.
The great thing about this restoration to me is that it is just as much about being around the people working on this plane as it is working on the plane itself. When any of these guys start to talk (and especially Jack), you simply have to stop what you're doing and listen. Great, great, great stories.
The great thing about this restoration to me is that it is just as much about being around the people working on this plane as it is working on the plane itself. When any of these guys start to talk (and especially Jack), you simply have to stop what you're doing and listen. Great, great, great stories.